Tire.



J. J. PATTON.

TIRE.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 22, 1910.

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J. J. PATTON.

TIRE. l

APPMGATION FILED AUG. Q2, 1910.

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, growing demand for heavy traction vehicles that the elastic resilient treads are. now

i' heated and consequently soon deteriorate.

' ing,V whileatfording fan even, continuous tread.

l also guard the tread blocks against curb conas'extended in a ihorizontal plane for concitizen of'theUnited States, residing in the @tures being a one piedes annular metallic NITED sTATiis PATENT ormon- -JoHN .1. Pa'r'rn, 'or NEW YORK, N. Y.

TIRE.

979,883. Specification of To all whom it may conc-em:

BeA it. known that I, JOHN J. PA'rioN, a

borough of Manhattan, city, county, and

State of New York, have Ainvented certain v new andu'seful Improvements in Tires, of

-which the`^followuig is a specification.

It-is a well known'factthatI there is a of greater strength and capacity, vehicles of this class being iiowmade for commercial purposes of :1 -weight of seven or eight tons and capable ot' carrying as many more tons of merchandise.' IIn/other words both weight of vehicle and load have doubled ina couiparatively short period of time, which means frequently subjected to a dead weightl of fifteen or more to'ns when a vehicle is loaded to.itsf ii'll capacity. As a'result of this excessive weightthe rubber treads become over- ()ne'ofthe objects of my resent invention is to obvi'ate this'diiculty y providing for the 'use "of 'relatively small elastic treadv blocks properly spaced and yarranged with relation to Aeach other. to prevent overheat-A nothen object'is to afford av tire of this' character of great simplicity, strength, and cheapness of structure.

The invention-consistsin the specific construction and arrangement of parts herein describedand claimed, distinguishing feashrunk-on'rim formed with continuous peripheral side flanges with tread block pockets or seats between them, in conjunction with a cap plate or plates formed to secure a plurality of tread blocks in their seats substantially as hereinafter set forth.

The peripheral side flanges on the annular metallici-im perform a double function ind.

that they support the cap plate or plates 'against lateral "strain and displacement and neem raient. Patented Dee. '27, 1910.

Application ined August 22, i910. serial No. '57s,aai.

View showing a tire in which two-rows of tread blocks areused; Fig. 5 is a transverse section upon an enlarged scale `taken upon riew taken uponplane of .line l6 Fig. 3; 111g.- 7, is a t'i'agmental section taken upon view ofan intermediate-row tread block; Fig. S) is a top view of a siderow tread block; Fig; l0' is a view showing my tire rim shrunk onto the felly of a wheel.

tinuous annular metallic rim formed-in one piece with out-turned peripheral side flanges transieise flangesb', b2, forming pockets for the treads, said tire base consist-ingfoffa metallic plate rolled into `s a'id sha eaand having its ends welded, after whic it is shrunk upon the felly R of thewheel W.

'as guards or fenders ,for'tlie tread plate P and tread blocks' T. 'That is to say they preferably project beyond thel tread plates P, which they also support. laterally, thus mated. i

as the cross tlanges L. are, say, ap roximately, one half the heightofthe side anges b, although this is not material; and they are rectangular in cross section. They thus, with the base plate B form oblong rectangular recesses or pockets s, s, for the reception of the hanged bases t, ot' the elastic resilient tread blocks T. These ockets s, are arthose'on one row breaking joints with those in the other row or rows. Fig. 4 the transverse center of each pocket is between the two adjoining pockets in the other row, whereas in Fig. 3 the `ditierence is row halfway between the medial c enters of adjoining pockets in the outer or side rows;

ik breaking joints symmetrically is resorted of tread blocks provi ed for,-the overlapping of th tread blocks longitudinally with relation to each other insuring a contin 'ty -which thus admits of attaining an even i'inbroken tread contact with the use of rela? rim renience of illustration; Fig. L is a similar plane of line 7-'i'. `Fig. 3; Fig. 8 is atop` The projection of the side flanges be. iyond the base plate B is suoli that theyact answering two purposes, as before` 'inti- I v y v a5' The longitudinal ribs or flanges bf, as well ranged in two or more ongitudinal'rows,

and this saine principle of arrangement of- `of tread surface which is most desirable, and

plane of line 5-5 Fig. 3; Fig. (i, is a similar The tire base plateB consists ofa conA i b, and with intermediate longitudinal and I Thus, in Q split by placing each pocket in the middle to irrespective of thelural number of rows tively small,4 shor, tread blocks Widely spaced so to all .rdyentilation between the comparatively snail masses of frubber, thus keeping-the tread blocks cool, and avoiding deterioration by over heating, a's is apt-to occur where large vmasses of rubber are used, especially when arranged in close very' reason.

proximity' to eah other, or in actual con-- tact,-one abject of myzin'vention being to Separate and space thetread blocks for this The I'apertures 79 in the tread plate or v plates P correspond in size and shape with v-base plate B andthrough eithei or both th body of the tread blocks Whichproject tvhrough said openings p, in the tread plate P, thev latter overlapping the base flanges t,

27,?, of the tread blocks, and binding them down upon the tire base plate or riml.

The tire plate or plates l are bolted to the tire, by screw-bolts c, passing through 'the .transversev or longitudinal ribs vor flangesb,

'b'as desired,- -those shown in. the drawings .being represented as passing through the j, 'the outturned fender and retain flanges b,

' and yheld in perfect alinenient thereby.

against which also the edges ofthe tread plate Pabutfso as to be supported laterally It will seen that my construction and arrangement oparts is essentially simple yand eompac't, and affords substantial .su 40 port and secunity for the tread blocks. e I

side flanges I), of the tire 'oase plate B, while securing the tread plate or plates positively i gainst lateral strain or displacement, also e ectually protect said plate and the tread blocks aga/inst Contact with curb' or other .eX- traneous objects.

The tread plate Aor plates P., being made in not only simple and cheap o f structure, 'but alfords great strength and rigidity, reintire baseplate B. It will-be noted also that the tread blocks themselves are'of simple form, andare not encum'bered With metallic cores, pans, or bases embedded in them, and hence are less subject to internal strain,

`\ \'ear, overheating and deterioration.

.two or more sections for the'enti'ief wheel, is A 4forced as it is by the side flanges b, of the.'V

What I claim as my invention andde'sire `l to sccureby Letters Patent,A is:

A wheel t're of the character desi 'nated,'

comprising a continuous one piece rol edancular metallic run shrunk onto the felly of a wheel and formed integrally with out? 4turned peripheral side'tlan'Ues and with intermediate longitudinal and transverse ribs' on its base constituting pockets, elastic resilienbtread'blocks having flanged bases seated in said pockets, and a tread plate formed with apertures fitting over the bodies of said'treacl blocks seated in said pockets and overlapping the flanges-on said tread' blocks, said'tread plate abutting against .the

inner sides of-both of said out-turned periph- Y i eral flanges on .the rim, and beltsv securing said tread 'plate in position substantially 1n the manner and for the urpose described.

. JO N J. PATTON.- Witnesses: i

i. GEO. W'M. Murr, Imi.; 

